NATIONAL BRIEFING | WEST; California: Prison Release Denied

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: July 16, 2008

Susan Atkins, a follower of Charles Manson who is dying of brain cancer, has been denied release from prison. The state parole board denied a request for her compassionate release. Her lawyer, Eric Lampel, said Ms. Atkins, 60, had been given three months to live.